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Re:A few months ago, a complete stranger gave me $10k (2021) by WaitWaitWha on Wednesday September 07, 2022 @04:02PM (#32755948)
> ... no cost to us at all for all this additional medical care, other than from having paid the contributions to the state up-front through the taxation system.

This is a contradictory statement. Either it is no cost to you, or you paid up-front.

I wish you the very best.

Re:A few months ago, a complete stranger gave me $10k (2021) by logifail on Wednesday September 07, 2022 @04:57PM (#32756742)
> This is a contradictory statement. Either it is no cost to you, or you paid up-front.

Perhaps I wasn't quite explicit enough: no additional cost to us, after a condition is diagnosed...

I'm sure there are people who are happy to pay as they go. This is fine, right up until the moment when you roll the dice and discover it isn't.